Originally posted on Blue Willow Haiku World (by Fay Aoyagi): 冬凪や鉄の匂ひの坐礁船　　　　柏原眠雨 fuyunagi ya tetsu no nioi no zashôsen ??????????? winter calm sea— ??????????? a stranded ship ??????????? with a scent of iron ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Minu Kashiwabara from “Haiku Saijiki” electronic version edited by Kadokawa Shoten, published by Kodansha Sophia Shuppan, Tokyo, Japan, 2018

Originally posted on Mindfills: harvest moon shrouding the mind’s haunted unborn realms ~ bliss of the nadir *** Mindfills of s.s. *** For Frank Tassone’s haikai challenge #163 – nochi no tsuki – Blue Hunter’s moon GoDogGo Cafe’s – reminder for submissions for – Through the looking glass – reflecting on madness and chaos within

Originally posted on anotherKate: In response to Frank’s Haikai challenge, my first tanka (hope I got the form right): As the sun rises a million cicadas wake, and start drumming their fifteen-hour crescendo to celebrate the solstice and a haiku: The longest day fits neatly with the shortest night. How well organised!

Originally posted on Mindfills: https://frankjtassone.files.wordpress.com/2020/12/screenshot_20201227-1937503864733087215880004.png darkness of white lies like slithering silver bass in midnight waters *** Mindfills s.s. for Frank Tassone’s #162 suzuki (sea bass). I drive a sea bass! 😉